Dialect constructions with paucals
Paucal numerals два, три, четыре, and those containing them as components (e.g., двадцать два etc.) have a peculiar syntactic relations with nouns. In the dialects of the Russian-Belarusian border region, nouns of the masculine and neuter genders can take the genitive singular case when used with these numerals, as in standard Russian два мужика – dva mužika (Gen, masculine) (two men), два окна – dva okna(Gen, neutral) or the nominative singular case, as in Belarusian два мужики – dva mužiki (Nom, masculine), два окны – dva okny(Nom, neutral) (two windows)
